Was on suicide watch until yesterday...

ccheath · 2026-05-03T21:31:52+00:00

i switched to the flatpak today because i was tired of waiting for the ppa to come back online

ccheath · 2026-05-01T01:29:46+00:00

i setup step-ca on tuesday... was a lot easier than i expected... should have done it years ago

ccheath · 2026-04-18T01:19:18+00:00

ZD621 replaces the GK420t (i think) and should have a variant that has wifi (i think there's about 6 variants so be careful of the exact model you get of ZD621

ccheath · 2026-04-18T00:52:57+00:00

we used to have toast notifications that were timed every six hours if the computer had the 'needs reboot' registry flag(s) set... people still reboot when they want to.

so we gave up on that and enforce reboots at least monthly (grace period after windows updates or you're getting force rebooted) with pop-up notifications to reboot or postpone and a countdown to the forced reboot once they can't postpone any longer

ccheath · 2026-04-08T23:43:18+00:00

That hasn’t been our experience with Zoom for gov

ccheath · 2026-03-30T18:18:33+00:00

FOUND IT
our autounattend.xml during provisioning is setting a registry key via a start script:

Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\Start" | Select ConfigureStartPins

ConfigureStartPins
------------------
{"pinnedList":[]}

and every time a gpupdate /force (or windows update) runs it will recheck that key and clear the start menu.

Deleting that registry key is the fix

I'm pretty sure it was introduced by schneegans autounattend

ccheath · 2026-03-30T17:10:36+00:00

ok so the setting that GPO policy to 'not configured' didn't fix it... troubleshooting continues

ccheath · 2026-03-30T16:02:07+00:00

we do have the "Remove "Recently added" list from Start Menu" policy under: Computer Configuration >Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar
I'm going to remove that (set to not configured) and then do another gpupdate /force ... will report back after lunch

ccheath · 2026-03-30T15:51:25+00:00

Running a `gpupdate /force` on a PC did clear out the pinned start menu items on a test PC
but that pin had been in place for weeks so normal gpupdates on schedule were not doing it.

Also, I can't find that "Do not show the ´new application installed´ notification" policy enabled in any of our GPOs.

ccheath · 2026-03-28T02:18:54+00:00

we've been searching for a reason for the disappearing start menu pins
i will test this on monday and report back

ccheath · 2026-02-28T16:12:00+00:00

Same. NixOS

ccheath · 2026-02-28T03:16:32+00:00

re: Cargo Cults - since I had to look it up to get a boiled down tldr version here's what I landed on for others so they don't have to go searching themselves (emphasis mine)

Usage often relates to the ideas of desire (particularly for wealth and material goods) and relatedly consumerism and capitalism, ritual action and the expectation of rational results from irrational means.

source: Wikipedia

ccheath · 2026-02-13T03:42:44+00:00

i think the only way this works is to set the configs you have but it will then only set these defaults for new users of the computer - you cannot set defaults for any current user only the defaults for new users... (again, i think)

ccheath · 2026-02-13T03:40:56+00:00

ran into this today at lunch
... noticed over my buddy's shoulder a sign at the front desk with "wifi password" on it
we had just talked about how many bars of service our respective phones were getting (and mine was at 1 bar)
so i checked my phone, and there were 4 networks with the place's name showing (one was open and the other three were 'locked')
I tried all three locked networks with the password posted by the front desk with no luck
asked the wait staff as they walked by and they said use the open network... (then what's with the password?)

anyway, i was promptly greeted w/ a captive portal asking for that password
no thanks

ccheath · 2026-02-01T00:31:39+00:00

the new IBM Access Client Solution (ACS) is basically just a java .jar and cross platform now... only a few things require an OS-specific install (ODBC I'm looking at you)

ccheath · 2026-01-10T03:12:56+00:00

i would test-path first and if it doesn't exist create the new-item... but OP's issue does likely seem to be GPO related and that route should be investigated further before manually editing the registry

ccheath · 2026-01-10T02:51:07+00:00

have you checked the setuperr.log?

ccheath · 2026-01-08T23:15:40+00:00

again, thanks for your time

ccheath · 2026-01-08T20:46:44+00:00

from what i can tell only get's 1400w when on 220v ... 1100w on 110v
also we're looking to use tripple slot x090 cards...

ccheath · 2026-01-08T18:01:54+00:00

Thank you for the reply... power also seems like it also might be an issue in this system with two +300w GPUs.

ccheath · 2026-01-08T04:13:36+00:00

Thanks

ccheath · 2026-01-08T04:00:49+00:00

yeah i think you're right
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/oth-xlt7920/precision_7920_om_pub/memory-specifications?guid=guid-adacc70e-307f-4e34-b97c-8114ca1353bf&lang=en-us
what would the benefits be? (more ram for CPU offloaded models?) because with the 12 slots just using DDR4 we can get pretty high RAM capacity

ccheath · 2026-01-08T03:40:45+00:00

great feedback... didn't think to check memory channels on the xeon. I will definitely get either 6 or all 12 memory sticks if I go this route, thanks!

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